Sheffield Dialysis Unit

We inspected the Sheffield Dialysis Unit as part of the inspection of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from 7 to 11 December 2015. We carried out this inspection as part of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) comprehensive inspection programme.

Overall, we rated the Sheffield Dialysis Unit as good. We rated safe, effective, caring and responsive and well-led as good.

Our key findings were as follows:

• The unit was visibly clean and well maintained. There was evidence of when equipment had been cleaned. Records were fully completed and medicines were stored appropriately.
• We found that the service was effective because the renal pathway and other documentation were in line with current national guidance.
• We saw that staff involved and treated people with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect. The patients we spoke with gave consistently positive feedback about the care and treatment they received at the unit. The unit had not received any complaints from January 2015 up until the time of our inspection.
• The service was organised so that it met the needs of local people. Dialysis was available six days per week on a morning and afternoon.
• There was a vision and strategy based on the trust values. The leadership, management and governance of the organisation ensured high-quality person-centred care and supported learning and innovation.

Professor Sir Mike Richards

Chief Inspector of Hospitals